天下人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 下 人
てん
Grade: 1 		か
Grade: 1 		にん
Grade: 1
kan'on goon
Kanji in this term
天 下 人
てん
Grade: 1 		か
Grade: 1 		ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kan'on kun'yomi

Etymology

天下(てんか) (tenka, “world; land”) + 人(ひと) (hito, “person”) or 天下(てんか) (tenka, “world; land”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんかびと [tèńkáꜜbìtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) てんかびと [tèńkábító] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋka̠bʲito̞]

Noun

天(てん)下(か)人(びと) or 天(てん)下(か)人(にん) • (tenkabito or tenkanin) 

  1. a ruler; a conqueror

See also

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